meeco participated in Global Sustainable Tourism Conference in Botswana

Clean energy model sun2share presented to promote green tourism in Africa

From 7th to 10th of December 2018, the Global Sustainable Tourism Conference 2018 took place in Maun, Botswana. The event brought together 150 delegates from 26 countries involved in the development and promotion of sustainable tourism. Among representatives of the public sector, the tourism industry, NGOs and development agencies, meeco with its CEO Mr. Sebastian Bovensiepen and SADC manager Botswana Mr. Robert Hanna attended the conference. The main topic addressed during the annual conference was the acceleration of sustainable tourism to meet the industries green house gases reduction targets.

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meeco to equip renowned Belizean company with sun2roof solar system

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333 kWp rooftop clean energy solution will be installed on Belize Brewing Co.

Belize, located on the eastern coast of Central America next to Mexico and Guatemala, relies mainly on imported energy to maintain its national electricity grid. Such import represents a heavy financial and ecological burden for the country and its economy. oursun Belize Limited, a joint venture company between the well-established and renowned company Bowen & Bowen Limited and The meeco Group is currently in the process of executing a joint sun2roof solar energy project in Belize in order to make a contribution to fostering the use of cost-effective and eco-friendly renewable energies and benefiting from the huge potential of solar energy in the country.

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meeco deploys solar powered electric bikes for Safari camps in Kenya

solar powered electric bike during safari

New clean energy solution sun2move developed to foster green mobility

We are currently developing intelligent trybrid solar mini-grids for several Safari Camps in Kenya. As African remote hotels and lodges often depend on cost-extensive diesel generators, solar installations in combination with energy storage systems represent an economically viable and eco-friendly solution to establish a reliable and sustainable power supply. For a famous Safari Camp in Kenya, we have now deployed an additional clean energy solution: the recently launched sun2move.

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Green energy powers e-mobility: meeco launches sun2move

Safari tour with sun2move in Kenya.

Solar powered electric bikes deployed for Safari tours in Kenya

The sun represents an abundant source of energy. Thanks to dropping prices and the improving efficiency of the installations, solar power guarantees a reliable and cost-effective way of producing electricity – and can even contribute to changing mobility sustainably. Through our new clean energy solution sun2move, which combines the advantages of solar energy and electric mobility, we aim to strengthen eco-friendly and healthy mobility.

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meeco to install 7 MWp sun2fix Open Access renewable energy generation plant in India

sun2fix DECENTRALISED ENERGY SUPPLY FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF INDIAN ENTERPRISES

The cost of power is one of the key concerns for industries and commercial enterprises across the globe as well as in India. Maharashtra in India is one of the most industrialised states in India, and the industries are exploring ways to utilise renewable energy to reduce and hedge their energy cost. The Open Access model provides a way by which renewable solar power can be wheeled across the state to accommodate situations where the energy intensive customers do not have sufficient space at their own premises.

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meeco completes installation of sun2roof solar rooftop systems on 57 buildings in Guyana

GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS EQUIPPED WITH 740 KWP OF SOLAR ENERGY CAPACITY

The government of Guyana aims to establish a 100% renewable energy supply in the country. A further step towards achieving this target has now been taken as we, together with our local joint venture company oursun Guyana, have just completed the installation of sun2roof solar energy solutions on the rooftops of 57 government-owned buildings. We had been awarded the project within the framework of a public tender process by the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) to execute this renewable energy project and has managed to implement the customised clean energy systems.

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meeco to invest into 3 MWp PV project in Maharashtra, India

PV plant polycrystaline modules

INNOVATIVE OFF-SITE POWER PARTNER FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CLIENTS

The meeco Group has been, for years, focusing on the commercial and industrial power segments of the renewable energy markets worldwide. With the investment into a new 3 MWp clean energy project meeco, herein represented by its joint venture meeco India Private Ltd., continues in this initiative and points the path for 2018.

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Great honour for clean energy enthusiast

OUR CANADIAN BUSINESS PARTNER LALITH GUNARATNE NOMINATED FOR COLLEGES ONTARIO PREMIER’S AWARDS

Since 1992, “Colleges Ontario”, the advocacy organisation for the 24 colleges of the Canadian province of Ontario, annually presents the Premier’s Awards to honour the important social and economic contribution their college graduates have made in Ontario and throughout the world. In six categories, the colleges propose nominees demonstrating an outstanding career success related to their college experience. This year, the ceremony took place on the 27th of November at the Sheraton Hotel in Toronto. Our business partner and one of the directors of our joint venture company oursun Canada Inc., Mr. Lalith Gunaratne was one of the nominees proposed by the Seneca College in the category “Technology”, especially honouring his contribution in renewable energy.

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Key trend in Africa: Safari lodges changeover to clean solar energy and storage

meeco DEVELOPS INTELLIGENT SOLAR POWER SOLUTIONS FOR REMOTE TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN KENYA

The energy supply of remote African hotel and safari facilities has always been a challenge mostly met by the extensive and exclusive deployment of diesel generators. But more and more hotel operators are looking for greener and more profitable alternatives. The Swiss-headquartered clean energy provider The meeco Group, which is specialised in the African energy market for more than 10 years, has identified this branch-specific power demand at an early stage and developed smartly connected hybrid and trybrid solar energy generation and storage solutions for remote hotels and safari lodges according to their locally varying requirements.

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Clean energy expert speaks at United Nations panel in Canada


meeco and oursun Canada part of UN forum on Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as part of the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” to achieve the targets of ending poverty and hunger, protecting the planet and ensuring shared prosperity and sustained economic growth. Lalith Gunaratne, our business partner in Canada and one of the directors of our joint venture company oursun Canada Inc., was invited to participate in the UN panel event “Global Goals, Local Action: A High-Level Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” focusing on the realisation of these goals.

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